Syracuse, NY - Republican newcomer Nicholas Case was expected to announce Friday that he is a candidate for the Onondaga County Legislature's 8th District. He said the event would be postponed because of the weather.

Case owns a marketing business called ItaliAmerica LLC and is a landlord with property in East Syracuse.

The campaign announcement was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Inner Harbor.

Ryan, 40, of 205 Maple Road, works for Verizon Communications and is executive vice president of Local 1123 of the Communications Workers of America.

Ryan is seeking re-election and is having a $50-per-person fund-raiser tonight at Benjamin’s on Franklin. He was first elected in 2011.

The 8th District is heavily Democratic. Forty-seven percent of voters are registered Democrats and 19 percent are Republican. Twenty-five percent are not enrolled in a political party, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections.